Adams, Thomas, solicitor of Alnwick, Northumberland

Papers originally from the collection of Thomas Adams.

John Stewart - Letter from John Stewart, sent from Musselburgh, to Mr. Dixon, Northumberland, regarding Le Fevre's cure for gout, with detail on Le Fevre's bizarre manner of giving his patients their medicine in his efforts to conceal what it is from them, 16 February 1771.

Mr. Dixon - Note from Mr. Dixon to Dr. Batty [sic] extending his compliments but also following up on some points on his 'gouty humor' from the previous day. There is a reply from Dr. W. Battie commenting on the suggestions including advising against excessive water consumption, May 1774.

Mons. Emerigon - Four letters on the gout, dated 1776 and 1777: two written by Mons. Emerigon, to Count Nozieres referring to his attacks of gout, remedies he has tried, and their application, 8 February and 6 August 1776 plus one copy letter of the one dated 8 February, and one letter from Mons. Emerigon to My dear brother (also Count Nozieres) about their arthritis and his gout, 11 January 1777.

Robert Alnwick - Letter from Robert Alnwick to Thomas Adams recommending various remedies for gout. He mentions a recipe mixing guaicum with nitre in rum in a letter by Mons. Emerigon, Attorney General to the Count of Nozieres, dated 3 February 1776, and also various other recipes.

Dr. James Richardson - Letter to Thomas Adams, 10 May 1790, with references to his gout, financial arrangements, the Wakefield Dispensary, and how dispensaries are being established in nearby towns. He gives details and costs of some of the equipment and personnel required to establish a dispensary; additionally, a four page schedule, probably by Richardson, headed 'Requisites for establish and supporting a Dispensary' laid out in seven numbered paragraphs, giving detailed information and costings based on the 1789 Wakefield Dispensary Report, n.d.

Prescription fragment, to bathe affected parts and take vitriol and Peruvian bark in port wine, ca. 1790.

George Davidson - Letter to Thomas Adams, sent from London, regarding the benefits of Harrogate Water for the relief of gout, 6 August 1796.

Copied extract from the Evening Mail regarding the number of deaths from consumption in Bristol, 20 September 1799.

Dr. William Turnbull - Prescription from Dr. William Turnbull for Thomas Adams, with a note 'when I had a fit of the gout in [sic] my way to London'.

Note about Nathan Davison's references to a Dr. Miller and Wingate Spa, 10 August 1805.

Note suggesting various treatments including laxatives, purgatives and abstinence from certain foods, 10 August 1805.

William Fulton - Letter from William Fulton, sent from Harrowgate [sic], to Thomas Adams recommending a surgeon in Bucklersbury, London, 13 September 1805.

Notes concerning a list of medical publications including, observations on the composition of the water at the new sulphur baths at Dinsdale, near Darlington, and of a possible septic poison at Malvern and other springs where water should undergo a distillation process, October 1805.

Extracts of Dr. A.P. Buchan's remarks on sea bathing and wearing a flannel waistcoat next to the skin, taken from the British Critic review for October 1805.

Gilbert Grierson - Note on Gilbert Grierson's remarks on Thomas Adams's erysipelas disorder at Harrogate, 5 October 1805.

Note regarding medicine for a dog, ca. 1807.

Consul Davison - Note to Thomas Adams regarding a sample of Windgate [sic] waters he has sent him, 16 October 1807.

Extract from Dr. Parson's 'Practical synopsis of the materia alimentaria, and materia medica' in the British Critic for March 1808.

Extract from a review of Samuel Cooper in the British Critic regarding erysipelas, September 1808.

Sir Astley Cooper - Letter from Sir Astley Cooper to Alexander Adams (brother of Thomas Adams) concerning treatment for eruptions of the skin, 16 July 1809.

Two notes with extracts taken from Gardenstone's Travelling Memorandums (written 1786-1788), regarding food habits whilst travelling, August 1809.

Extracts from a book by Dr. Edwin Godden Jones' An account of the remarkable effects of the Eau Medicinale D'Husson, 25 September 1810.

Note regarding a letter to Dr. Jones on the composition of the Eau Medicinale D'Husson in the British Critic, June 1811.

Various undated notes under the label, 'Miscellaneous Medica': The name, Mr. Preston Hornby; A list of various items beginning 'To thank him for his advice'; List beginning, 'My disorder returns'; Prescription note for Goulard; Note beginning 'To consider the propriety of my writing to Gregory'; A short Latin prescription; and, A fragment of writing with another line crossed out.

Adams, Thomas (d. 1813), solicitor, agent for the Duke of Northumberland and owner of Eshott Hall, south of Alnwick, Northumberland. Around 1790, he was researching the possibility of establishing a dispensary at Alnwick and assembling relevant information from a number of sources, including other dispensaries in Wakefield, Newcastly and Durham. The Alnwick Dispensary was eventually founded two years after Adams's death in 1815.

Stewart, John, from Musselburgh, Scotland. Possibly a surgeon of Musselburgh who died in 1824.

Emerigon, Monsieur (fl. 1769-1777), Attorney General at the town of St. Peters, Martinico, ca. 1776-1777.

Alnwick, Robert (fl. 1788), medical doctor.

Richardson, James, Dr. (d. ca. 1820), principal physician at Wakefield Dispensary which was set up in 1787.

Davidson, George (fl. 1796), of London.

Turnbull, William, Dr. (fl. 1800).

Davison, Nathan (fl. 1805), of Alnwick.

Miller, Dr. (fl. 1805), physician of Edinburgh and lecturer on chemistry.

Fulton, William (fl. 1805) from Paisley, Scotland.

Grierson, Gilbert (fl. 1805), wine merchant and corn factor at Leith, Scotland.

Davison, Consul (fl. 1807).

Cooper, Astley, Sir, (1768-1841), English surgeon and anatomist. Famed for his two part work on hernia.

Adams, Alexander (fl. 1809), brother of Thomas Adams.